Editing Anne Murray (section)

==Early life==
Morna Anne Murray was born in the [[Coal mining|coal-mining]] town of [[Springhill, Nova Scotia]], to Dr. James Carson Murray, the town's physician, and Marion Margaret (née Burke) Murray, a nurse involved in community charity work. Anne has five brothers. Murray's father died of [[leukemia]] aged 72 in 1980; her mother died on April 10, 2006, aged 92 after a series of strokes during heart surgery. Murray's youngest brother Bruce died of pancreatic cancer aged 69 on September 15, 2020.<ref name="allofme" />

After expressing an early interest in music, she studied piano for six years. By age 15, Murray took a bus ride every Saturday morning from Springhill to [[Tatamagouche]], Nova Scotia, for singing lessons. One of her earliest performances was of the song "Ave Maria"{{efn|The part of the source available online does not say which version of "[[Ave Maria (disambiguation)|Ave Maria]]" this was, but the best-known ones are those by [[Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)|Bach/Gounod]] and by [[Ave Maria (Schubert)|Schubert]].}} at her high school graduation in 1962.<ref name="allofme"/> Following high school, Murray attended [[Mount Saint Vincent University]] in Halifax for one year. She later studied Physical Education at [[University of New Brunswick]] in [[Fredericton]]. After receiving her degree in 1966,<ref name="canadianencyclopedia.ca"/> Murray taught physical education at Athena Regional high school in [[Summerside, Prince Edward Island]], for one year.

Her brother Bruce Murray released several recordings of his own<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/800572-Bruce-Murray| title=Discogs entry for Bruce Murray| website=[[Discogs]]}}</ref> with several songs on the [[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] charts between 1976 and 1982.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/list.aspx?OCRText=bruce+murray&| title=RPM Bruce Murray search results| website=[[Library and Archives Canada]]| date=July 17, 2013}}</ref>